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69Alaska: Exit Glacier
by minnow
We try to to make the rounds of our favorite places on the Kenai Peninsula at least once a year. Seward has to be one of my favorite trips, especially when we visit the Exit Glacier. This is your chance to take some incredible photographs of your own! published 6 months ago
68Washington: Methow Valley in the summer
by minnow
It's been a long time since I travelled on Highway 20 (try the mid-70s, a couple of years after the road was completed)--time passes quickly. Highway 20 is located in the northern part of Washington state.... published 2 months ago
67Minnow's Guide #4: Bears in the woods, the mountains, on the trail
by minnow
The Kenai Peninsula has a healthy population of brown bears and black bears. Which of these bears do we worry about most? The brown bears. Good old Ursus arctos horribilis. The most recent encounter involved a woman picking mushrooms last week near Skilak Lake (near Cooper Landing--a small community on the Kenai Peninsula) who came across a brown bear sow and her two cubs. published 5 months ago
65Minnow's Guide #11: Backpacker's disease
by minnow
Backpacker's disease: Giardia intestinalis in Alaska--how to prevent it. Water systems: sterilization, purification, and filtration. So you're out on the trails, running or hiking, and it's a hot day, and you check your water supply and you realize that you've run out of water. What are you going to do next? published 4 months ago
62Minnow's Guide #13: Hope, Alaska
by minnow
Take your time with this drive. Hope is a small (less than 200 people) but very scenic and historical gold mining community on the northern part of the Kenai Peninsula. There used to be two communities, Hope... published 4 months ago
62Minnow's Guide #1: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center
by minnow
Top on my list of places to visit in Soldotna, Alaska--winter or summer or any season in between--is the visitor center at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. How big is the refuge? 1.92 million acres. Stop by the visitor's center for movies or maps, and or take one of the gentle hikes that start at the center. published 6 months ago
56Minnow's Guide #9: Look out for cow parsnip
by minnow
I'd feel terrible if I sent you out on the trails, especially on Crow Pass Trail and didn't warn you about the phytodermatitis associated with cow parsnip. published 4 months ago
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